Whitney Gelin

Whitney Gelin

Phone: (336) 272-7102, ext. 691
Email: whitney.gelin@greensboro.edu
Position: SWA/Head Softball Coach/Strength & Conditioning Coach

After just two seasons with The Pride, Gelin has climbed into third place for all-time victories with 50.  Her career record stands at 50-32-1 with a record of 26-9 against conference opponents.

In her second year at the helm of the program, The Pride put together a record 22-17 and advanced to the semifinals of the USA South Athletic Conference tournament. 

Gelin had a remarkable debut season for the Pride in 2010. GC went 28-15-1, won its first USA South championship, and advanced to its first NCAA tournament. The Pride had a program record 17-game winning streak during the year. Gelin helped develop the conference Player of the Year (Becca Pink) and Rookie Pitcher of the Year (Hannah Pennell).

Gelin spent the previous two years as a GC assistant softball coach under Kama Tucker.
While at GC Gelin also has served as strength and conditioning coach for Pride athletics, and worked as an assistant manager at the College’s Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center.
 
A 2007 graduate of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Gelin played softball for the Tar Heels. She was an academic team captain, and a four-year letter-winner. Gelin was awarded the Papa Coach’s Award in 2007 and the Carroll Hustle Award in 2005.

Gelin was a double major in exercise and sport science, and psychology, and has extensive strength training and physiology knowledge. She is a three-time winner of UNC’s Iron Ram award presented to the top five Carolina female athletes.

"I am honored to be the head softball coach at Greensboro College," Gelin said. "We have a very hard working, talented group of girls on the roster for the upcoming seasons, and have high expectations for the future of the program. It's a pleasure to have the opportunity to continue to build a program with such a sound foundation, and to represent a classy athletic department like Greensboro College."

A native of Inverness, FL., Gelin was a standout high school athlete at Citrus High School. She was a second team all state selection in softball and and two-time state weightlifting champion. In January of 2010, Gelin was named her County's Athlete of the Decade by the Citrus County Chronicle.

What does Gelin do in her free time? In  December, 2009 she made the United States pre-Olympic handball team and competed overseas in an international tournament. She had only been playing team handball for six months.